Verizon Communications (VZ) Interest Coverage Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Verizon Communications has disclosed Interest Coverage Ratio across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 4.25 for Q1 2026.

• In Q1 2026, Interest Coverage Ratio fell 13.09% year-over-year to 4.25; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at 4.22 (down 3.85% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 4.37, up 1.31% from the prior year.
• Interest Coverage Ratio rose to 4.25 in Q1 2026, from 2.84 in the prior quarter.
• Over the last five years, Interest Coverage Ratio for VZ reached as high as 9.92 in Q1 2022 and fell as low as 0.38 in Q4 2023.
• The 5-year median for Interest Coverage Ratio is 4.89 (2025), against an average of 5.36.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Interest Coverage Ratio tumbled 94.26% — and 2024, when it surged 1102.98%.
• A 5-year view of Interest Coverage Ratio shows it stood at 6.54 in 2022, then plunged by 94.26% to 0.38 in 2023, then surged by 1102.98% to 4.51 in 2024, then sank by 36.98% to 2.84 in 2025, then soared by 49.34% to 4.25 in 2026.
• According to Business Quant data, Interest Coverage Ratio over the past three periods registered 4.25, 2.84, and 4.87 for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.